Antonio Pucci (1923,

Petralia Sottana Petralia Sottana () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in the island of Sicily, Southern Italy. The main characters in Emanuele Crialese's 2006 film of Sicilian immigration to America, '' Nuovomondo'', come from the tow ...

– 15 July 2009) was an Italian racing driver of the 1950s and 1960s. He was an official test driver for

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and won the

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in April 1964 with the English driver

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.''Motor Sport'', June 1964, Pages 453, 456.

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Interview with Antonio Pucci
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Article at Omniauto
1923 births 2009 deaths People from Petralia Sottana Italian racing drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Palermo {{Italy-autoracing-bio-stub